Eight - The Naturalistic Spirit
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2022
Summary
Sir Arthur Evans’s concept of the ‘naturalistic spirit’ highlights the importance of animal depictions in Bronze Age Crete, their naturalism peaking in the Neopalatial period. This chapter summarises the book’s argument that animal practices, extended through animal depictions, were central to the formation and development of palatial collectives such as Knossos.
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- Human-Animal Relations in Bronze Age CreteA History through Objects, pp. 212 - 220Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022